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Decades of Fungi; b?/ ike Rev.M. J. Berkeley, M.A.,F.L.S. 



Decades XLIX., L. 



Indian Fmigi, 



{Continued from p^ 212.) 



481. Xt/larla piperiformis, n. s, I clava gracili cylinchica seepius apice 

 acuminata sterili ; stipite elongate flexuoso lineato-rugoso radicante ; os- 

 tiolis promioentibus ; sporidiis minimis. 



Hab. Sikkim, 5000 feet. (Dr. Hooker.) 



Stem slender, flexuous, 2^-3 inches high, half a line thick, rooting 

 into the soil, marked with linear wrinkles. Head 1-2 inches long, 

 cylindrical, not a line thick, rough with the ostiola and somewhat 

 pruinose, generally acuminate, and barren at the tip. Perithecia ellip- 

 tic, often scaling off. Sporidia minute, broadly cymbiforra, ^^^ of an 

 inch long. 



Eesembling somewhat X escJtaroides, but far more graceful. The 

 spores are far more minute than is usual in the genus. 



482, X.fistuca^ n. s. ; clavula regulari sursum incrassata obtusa, lineis 



obscurioribus ostiola gerentibus picta ; stipite cylindrico abrupto ; spo- 

 ridiis minutis. 



Hab. Woods. Myrong. July 7, 1850. Specimens young, and 

 without perfect fruit. East Nenal, 8000 feet. 



Whole 



Head nearly 1 inch high. 



subcylindrical, but slightly thickened above, and very obtuse, greyish ; 

 outer coat hard, brittle, marked with superficial darker lines, in which 

 the ostiola are seated. Stem cylindrical, abrupt. Sporidia shortly 

 cymbiform, -^-^ of an inch lonff. 



A very distinct species from X polymorpha^ and resembling more 

 closely X corniformu. The ostiola arc quite superficial. The Myrong 

 specimens are immature, but, I believe, identical with those from East 

 NepaL 



X. tahaclna (Kickx). 

 Hab. Kala Panee. June 1850, 5000 feet. (Dr. Hooker.) 



brown 



mucous lining. 



* X. compuncta^ Junghuhn, Lc, p. 21, 

 Hab, Khasia Mountains. (Dr. Hooker.) 



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